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Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : tuhng |
Phonetic Transcription : tʌŋ |
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Définition of tongue-in-cheek
Origin :- 1933, from phrase to speak with one's tongue in one's cheek "to speak insincerely" (1748), which somehow must have been suggestive of sly irony or humorous insincerity, but the exact notion is obscure.
- adj ironic and insincere
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